RODGERS, J.
This is an appeal in contempt proceedings. Joe Louis Johnson, appellant, was convicted of constructive contempt in the Second Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi, and sentenced to serve sixty days in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $150. The jail sentence and $50 of the fine were suspended. The prosecution arose under the following circumstances. During the trial of a criminal case, and at a time when few white men and only two colored...
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